AT&T started selling BlackBerry’s first Android-powered smartphone, a slider called the Priv, on Friday for $250 with a two-year contract, a price that could entice buyers who are reluctant to pay BlackBerry’s own $699 off-contract price.
Pre-orders for the slider smartphone with a 5.4-in. display, started two weeks ago. A BlackBerry spokeswoman declared in an email that pre-orders for the Priv “far surpassed” pre-orders for BlackBerry’s Classic and Passport phones, but she declined to offer any numbers.
AT&TThe Priv is a return to the slider-phone style.
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Source: Computer World